Muslim Culture in Canada

Last week in Cultural issues and diversity, a former CYW student and her sister came to speak about the Muslim Culture. I found this very interesting because i did not know very much about muslim people and i know that they face a huge amount of stigma, especially since 9/11 in the States.

 

I learned that the god of the Muslims is known as Allah, I didnt know the difference between "Muslim" and "Islam" there was a bit of confusion between separating the two and through sarah and her sisters presentation I learned that Muslim is their culture and Islam is their religion and their way of life. I looked up the actual meanings of each and came up with this :

 

Islam: " submit, accept, or surrender. From this comes Islam’s conventional definition of surrender to God." (differencebetween.net, 2012)

 

Muslim : "refers to a person who engages in the act of submission, acceptance, or surrender. Therefore a Muslim is a person who submits to the will of God, or a follower of Islam." (differencebetween.net, 2012)

 

I also learned about islamic prayer beads, which are called Misbaha or "Tasbih" which are made of: wooden beads, various stones and sometimes made of olive seeds, ivory, amber, pearls or plastic. The muslim Tasbih is made up of 99 beads, which are divided into sections of 33 beads. Each section is divided by a disc and is called a "Nisane" they are used for remembering "Allah" during prayer.

Prayer Beads:

picture retrived from:http://www.prayerbeadsworld.com/prayer_beads_in_islam.html